How long after surgery do we have to worry about leaks happening? I was told that there is always a possibility. I though once our tummy was healed that was it. I ask the question and before my surgery because i was scared out of my mind and was assured by the nurse about how the stomach heals and the scar tissues and eventually the staples all off. Now I'm hearing maybe! Please someone give me some kind of info I am really scared right now.

Would that include drinking too much liquids l

Not for drinking too much but what my doc told me not to drink fast to sip on my drink for now

Wow two years! That's just crazy...This was never mentioned to me prior to the surgery. If I would have mown this I would have never gone thru it. Really scared of my future with the sleeve!

But like i said 1 in a 1000 so don't think negative u will be ok just go by what ur doc say and u won't have nothing to worry about..

Well i am going to tell u all this, one of the nurse that took care of me told me that like 30 years age ur grandma had a ulcer and had to do a emergence sleeve because she was blooding to dead and she was 60 years old and she got really sknny so they got worry that she had cancer so the took her to the doc and the didn't find nothing cause there was notthing call gastric sleeve back then and she die at age of 94 of old age... So do u guys see my point..

Well i am going to tell u all this' date=' one of the nurse that took care of me told me that like 30 years age ur grandma had a ulcer and had to do a emergence sleeve because she was blooding to dead and she was 60 years old and she got really sknny so they got worry that she had cancer so the took her to the doc and the didn't find nothing cause there was notthing call gastric sleeve back then and she die at age of 94 of old age... So do u guys see my point..[/quote']

When they told me the surgery was less than 10 years old, my first question was.. Surely they did it before for other stomach issues? Tumours and such? Dietician laughed and said exactly. The surgery has been a WLS for less than 10 years but has been around for decades.

This surgery was being used as a phase one before a phase two surgery was performed but saw results with this first phase.

I drilled my surgeon about leaks and he said none of his patients have ever got a leak. I feel confident and a leak is not in my future. I trust God through this journey too.

Although anything is possible, I say follow the doctors orders to minimalize complications.